Organ procurement: let's presume consent.
IN WINNING FIRST PRIZE in the Logie Medical Ethics Essay Contest in 1997, Dr. Fady Moustarah made a strong and compelling argument in favour of presumed consent in the procurement of donor organs. He stressed that a major education campaign will be needed when such a policy is adopted lest some people begin to regard physicians as "organ vultures."
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University of Alberta.
D001294:Attitude to Health; D002170:Canada; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D040841:Resource Allocation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014850:Waiting Lists